Receptacle for travelers for ring-spinning frames.



L S BURBAN K REGEPTAGLE FOR TRAVELERS FDR RING SPINNING FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1909.

Patented July 13,1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS S. BURBANK, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPERCOMPANY, OF

i-IOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

RECEPTACLE FOR TRAVELERS F03 RING-SPINNING FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed May 19, 1909. I Serial No. 497,018.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis S. BURBANK, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Receptacles for Travelers for- Ring-Spinning Frames, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawing, is a specification, like charactors on thedrawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a simple, cheap andefficient receptacle for holding travelers for ring spinning frames insuch manner that the travelers will be presented in convenient positionand number for use as required, while holding in reserve a supply ofsuch travelers and preserving them from waste or improper handling.

When travelers are supplied in bulk the attendant, whether fromcarelessness, haste, or inattention will frequently take up several at atime when maybe only one is needed, and will then drop those not used011 the-floor, to be swept up and lost.

It is desirable to keep a supply of the travelers within easy reach, andin my present invention I have provided for this while at the same timeprotecting the main supply in such manner that only a few at a time willbe held in a suitable open receiver, from which the operator can pickthem out one by one as they are required, a slight movement of thereceptacle serving to transfer a few of the travelers to the receiver tore plenish the latter.

The various novel features of my invention will be fully described inthe subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in thefollowing claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly broken out, of a travelerreceptacle embodying my present invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthereof on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, showing clearly the internalconstruction and arrangement of the receptacle and the support on whichit is pivotally mounted; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device, withthe receptacle turned over into position to direct travelers to theholder.

In accordance with my invention the traveler receptacle is made as acasting comprising an interior holder for the supply of travelers inreserve, and an open-top receiver extended beneath an outlet orifice inthe bottom of the holder, to receive" therefrom a few travelers andretain them in such position that they may be easily removed by thefingers of the operator. The receptacle is horizontally pivoted on asupport fixed to any convenient part of the spinning frame, and as thereceiver communicates by a curved, inclosed passage with the holder anysurplus travelers in the receiver may be returned to the holder bygiving the receptacle a revolution on its pivot. By a similar movementthe holder is loaded, and a slight shaking or oscillating movement ofthe receptacle on its axis will cause one or more travelers to passthrough the outlet orifice and into the open receiver beneath it, inreadiness for use.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly Fig. 2, the receptaclecomprises an interior holder H and a receiver R, the inner end of thelatter communicating by a curved passage l with the inlet 2 of theholder. The holder and receiver are formed by parallel ends 3 connectedby asubstantially spiral wall 4, 5, the part 5 forming the bottom of thereceiver, while the part 4 of such wall completes the holder H,substantially cylind rical in shape. made in the part 4 of the wall atthe bottom ofthe holder, extending transversely thereof, and beneathsaid orifice the open-top receiver R extends, the upturned sides 3 ofthe receiver being suitably shaped. extensions of the end walls 3. Thereceptacle is madeas a unitary casting, and the ends 3 thereof areprovided with lateral journals 7, Fig. 1, which are arranged to fit inbearings in'the upturned sides 8 of a bifurcated support 9 which isfixedly secured to any convenient part of the spinning frame. By meansof an adjustable plate 10, held in place by setscrews 11, the width ofthe outlet orifice 6 may be varied to suit travelers of different sizes.T hejournals 7 are arranged above the center of gravity of thereceptacle so that under normal conditions it maintains the positionshown in the drawing, Figs. 1 am 2, with the receiver in convenientposition for use.

To load or fill the receptacle a quantity of travelers in bulk areemptied into the receiver, and the receptacleis then turned completelyover in the directionol' the arrow, Fig. 2, into the position shown inFig. 3, the travelers sliding through the passage 1 and A slot-likeoutlet orifice 6 is Should too many travelers accumulate inthe receiverthey can be returned'to the holder by turning it clear over, as inloading the holder. The latter protectsthe reservesupply of travelersfrom dirt and from careless handling, and delivers. them in smallquantitics to the receiver, so that waste is prevented and the travelersare held in a convenient manner for use.

In Fig. 2 F represents in dotted lines a portion of the frame to whichthe support for the receptacle is attached.

' Having fully described my invention,- what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. A receptacle for travelers, havingclosed ends and a connecting, substantially spiral wall, to constitutean interior holder having an orifice in the bottom thereof when the re-.ceptacle is in normal position, the outerend of the wall forming withadjacent portions of the ends an en receiver for travelers ex- 1 tendedbeneat the orifice, and a support on, which said receptacle is pivotallymounted.

2. In a device of the class described, a support, and a receptaclehorizontally pivoted thereon comprising an interior holder having anoutlet orifice and an external, open receiver extended beneaththeorifiee of the I lindrical holder having a slot-like out holder andcommunicating with the latter by a curved, inelosed passage.

3. .In a' device of the class described, an inelosed, substantiallycylindrical holder having anoutlet orifice in its bottom and an enlargedinlet in its side wall, an attached open receiver communicating by acurved passage with the inlet of said holder, and a support on whichsaid holder and receiver is horizontally pivoted to normally maintainEhe receiver extended beneath the outlet ori- 4. The combination, with abifurcated support,'of a traveler reeepltacle pivotally mounted betweenthe arms t ereof and comprising a holder having closed ends and aconnectin side wall extended in spiral form beneath tlieh'older to forman open-topped receiver, the holder having an adjustable outlet abovesaid receiver and an inlet coin- .municating by a curved, inelosedpassage with the inner end of the receiver.

5. A traveler receptacle eomprisin a cy- Iet and an integral, open-topreceiver extended beneath it and communicatingatits inner end with theholder, the curved bottom of the re-' ceiver continuing in substantiallya spiral and merging with the cylindrical wall of the ,hclder,. andmeans to pivotally support the receptacle on a] horizontal axis.

,Intestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

H LOUIS S. BURBANK.

Witnesses ALBERT C. RHODES,

EDWARD DANA Oscoon.

